בִּין
bîyn · bene
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
170 occurrences · 170 OT · 0 NT · 134 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- understand7 · 12%
- consider5 · 9%
- give me understanding4 · 7%
- and understanding4 · 7%
- to understand3 · 5%
- of him that hath understanding3 · 5%
- shall understand3 · 5%
- and consider3 · 5%
- me, and understand2 · 3%
- that taught2 · 3%
- then shalt thou understand2 · 3%
- and understandeth2 · 3%
- and understood2 · 3%
- who can understand2 · 3%
- and prudent2 · 3%
- ye shall consider2 · 3%
- perceived2 · 3%
- but when i had considered1 · 2%
- and an understanding1 · 2%
- for thyself understanding1 · 2%
- that i may discern1 · 2%
- this, that they would consider1 · 2%
- he instructed1 · 2%
- thee all this, there is none so discreet1 · 2%
- discreet1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.